Chuck Mangione (Charles Frank Mangione) waa born on November 29, 1940 in Rochester, New York. Chuck began his love of music at 8yrs old with piano lessons and then chose the trombone at 10yrs. old.

At the beginning of his career, he played at Italian & Jewish weddings.

People began to become aware of the energy that was exerted from Chuck when he was first in a band The Jazz Brothers-with his older brother Gap,a piano played while Chuck played trumpet. While in the band, Chuck attended the Eastman School of Music and created his first solo album. Later on he returned to the Eastman School of Music as Director of the school's Jazz Ensemble. His "Friends & Love" concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra was recorded live and featured "Hill Where the Lord Hides." This led to his first recording contract with a major label, Mercury Records, and his first Grammy nomination.

Mangione signed with A&M Records and two  successful releases in one year - "Chase the Clouds Away," which was used as background music during the telecast of the 1976 Olympic Games; and "Bellavia" ("Beautiful way"), named to honor his mother, which won Mangione his first Grammy award.

During the late 1970's Chuck received more awards and accolades for his recordings. The "Children of Sanchez" Double-album soundtrack won the Hollywood Foreign press Association's Golden Globe Award, then earned Mangione a second Grammy award.   "Feels So Good",  The 1980 Mangione entry in Current Biography called "Feels So Good" the most recognizable melody since the Beatles' "Michelle."

In 1980, a television audience of several hundred million absorbed Chuck's "Give It All You Got" was heard around the world as the theme of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

Mangione was also busy with personal projects during the early 1980s. He hosted an 8-hour concert featuring jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Chick Corea, which benefited the Italian Earthquake Relief Fund. Chunck's humanitarian concerns also included work with the Special Olympics and the Blind Veterans Organization, for which he received an award.

In 1989, Chuck released two live albums, "The Boys from Rochester," Featuring Steve gadd, Gap Mangione, Joe Romano and Frank Pullara, plus a double album, "Chuck Mangione Live at the Village Gate." Following these releases, and more than 25 years of one-nighters around the world, Chuck stopped playing.

For three years, "I didn't listen to music. I laid down, I read paperback books, I watched sports and I went fishing ." says Chuck. He also met and married Rosemarie, "Slow Ro," as he affectionately calls her.

In 1994, Chuck scheduled activity that included recording sessions for new albums, a series of night club performances by himself and other jazz favorites featuring afternoon matinees for under-21 listeners, and a major orchestra concert with four dates in Upstate New York. Twenty percent of the profits from these four concerts went toward a $1 million endowment fund established to honor his father, Papa Mangione, and Dizzy Gillespie at the Rochester School of the Arts.

Chuck still lives in Rochester, New York, in the same neighborhood as his parents, Frank and Nancy his brother gap, and sister Josephine

time line

1970:	Friends and Love - Grammy nominated major label debut on Mercury Records
1971:	Together - with The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on Mercury Records
1971:	The Chuck Mangione Ouartet - nominated "Best Jazz Performance" on Mercury
1972:	Alive - the second quartet album on Mercury Records
1973:	Land of Make Believe - with Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra on Mercury
1975:	Chase The Clouds Away - Grammy nominated, certified gold debut on A&M
1975:	Encore: The Best of Chuck Mangione - on Mercury Records
1976:	Bellavia - Grammy winner "Best Instrumental Composition" on A&M Records
1976:	Main Squeeze - the third album for A&M Records
1977:	Feels So Good - #2 pop single, certified double-platinum LP on A&M Records
1978:	Children of Sanchez - second Grammy winning LP, certified gold on A&M
1979:	Live At The HollMood Bowl - twelfth Grammy nomination, sixth A&M LP
1980:	Fun and Games - featuring "Give It All You Got", Winter Olympics, Emmy winner
1981:	Tarantella - double album, the eighth release for A&M Records
1981:	The Cannonball Run Theme - for Burt Reynolds film "Cannonball Run"
1982:	Love Notes - the first album for CBS/Columbia Records
1983:	Journey To A Rainbow - second album for Columbia Records
1984:	Disguise - the third album for Columbia Records
1986:	Save Tonight For Me - fourth album for Columbia
1988:	Eyes of The Veiled Temptress - the fifth album for Columbia Records
1989:	Live At The Village Gate - on Feels So Good Records
1994: 	The Hat's Back - Gates Music, Inc.

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